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[Slave Henry] Grantham, James:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED APRIL 9, 1856, TO JOHN W. LUKE: "I WAS IN CHARLESTOWN A FEW DAYS SINCE AND ASKED THE JAILOR WHAT HE WOULD TAKE AND RELIEVE ME OF HENRY. HE SAID HE WOULD DO IT FOR 250$. I FEEL VERY MUCH INCLINED TO GIVE IT. AS HE, HENRY, SEEMS NO BETTER, HE MAY LIVE A GOOD MANY YEARS AND IT WILL COST ME 200$ AT LEAST IN HIS PRESENT SITUATION PER YEAR. WHAT THINK YOU OF IT. I SHOULD BE PLEASED TO HEAR. BUT THE MONEY MUST BE PAID DOWN. THIS PUTS ME TO MY WITS-END... BEFORE CHRISTMAS JOHN JAMES DREW ON MY WHEAT FROM MR. BANEY 100$ TO PAY A NOTE IN BANK FOR YOURS... NOW I HAVE THOUGHT IF THIS DEBT IS STILL OUT, PERHAPS YOU COULD COLLECT IT AND HAND IT OVER TO ME (OR AT LEAST A PART TO HELP ME OUT.) IT IS WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE I MENTION THIS TO YOU. BUT YOU MUST NOT THINK HARD. NEITHER LET IT MAKE YOU THE LEAST UNEASY. MY HEALTH IS STILL FEEBLE AND MY NERVOUS SYSTEM MUCH SHATERED, CORNELIA IS COUGHING A GREAT DEAL. AND MARY IS IN A VERY STRANGE WAY. GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT IS TO BEFALL US. BUT WE MUST TRY AND HOPE IN HIS MERCY. PLEASE PRESENT MY LOVE TO ANNIE AND THE CHILDREN. AND BELIEVE ME AS HERETOFORE VERY TRULY YOURS. JAS. GRANTHAM "MR. JOHN W. LUKE "P.S. I SUPPOSE CORNELIA WILL WRITE. I SHALL MARK THIS PRIVATE AND SHALL BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOUR VIEWS IN REGARD TO HENRY ON UNCLE BILLY'S RETURN. ".

[Berryville, VA?]: 1856. 7-3/4" x 9-3/4" Completely in ink manuscript on blue unlined paper. Old folds, Very Good. The writer, James Grantham [1793-1861], was a farmer in Jefferson County, Virginia, and the father-in-law of John W. Luke, who married James's daughter Anna Louisa Grantham [1828-1910] in 1852. John James..... More

Price: $350.00

[Garlington, Robert]:

MILLER'S PLANTERS' & MERCHANTS' ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1867... CALCULATED FOR THE HORIZON OF CHARLESTON, S.C., BUT ALSO ADAPTED TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT STATES... TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, ALSO, THE HEBREW CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 5627; AND THE DAYS OBSERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS AND FASTS BY THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH; THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SOME OTHERS OF THE UNITED STATES; THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, &C.

Charleston, S.C. A.E. Miller, Proprietor, [1866]. [48] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, lightly dusted. Very Good. At head of title: 'Fiftieth year of Publication.' The Hebrew Calendar is, as with all the Miller's almanacs, included for the benefit of Charleston's substantial Jewish population. The Almanac, eliminating from its title the term 'State..... More

Price: $350.00

[Garlington, Robert]:

MILLER'S PLANTERS' & MERCHANTS' STATE RIGHTS ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1866... CALCULATED FOR THE HORIZON OF CHARLESTON, SO. CARO. BUT ALSO ADAPTED TO SOUTH-CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT STATES. CONTAINING... THE HEBREW CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR 5625; AND THE DAYS OBSERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL FESTIVALS AND FASTS BY THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SOME OTHERS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA AND OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, &C., &C.

Charleston, S.C. A.E. Miller. Also sold by Welch & Harris, and by Booksellers generally throughout the State, [1865]. 46, [14 advt] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, lightly toned. Bit of blank extremity chipping, Very Good. At head of title: 'FIRST EDITION.... 49th year of Publication.' The Hebrew Calendar is, as with all..... More

Price: $750.00

Stroud, George M.:

A SKETCH OF THE LAWS RELATING TO SLAVERY IN THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE UNITED STATES IN AMERICA. SECOND EDITION, WITH SOME ALTERATIONS AND CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS.

Philadelphia: 1856. xii, 125 pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [chipped at extremities and along spine]. Later staples and blank margin punchholes; bit of loosening. A couple of leaves with some marginalia. Good+. This Philadelphia judge's book, normally found in cloth rather than wrappers, is an essential reference for..... More

Price: $500.00

Hedrick, B.S.:

PROF. HEDRICK'S DEFENCE. [FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD OF OCT. 8, 1856.].

[Raleigh? North Carolina Standard? 1856]. Folio Broadside, 19-7/8" x 11-3/4". Text printed in three columns beneath title. Old folds, light soil, couple of short closed tears along folds expertly repaired without loss. Very Good. Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick [1827-1886], born and raised in North Carolina and a chemistry professor at its..... More

Price: $2,000.00

[Louisiana]:

JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION TO FORM A NEW CONSTITUTION FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. [OFFICIAL.].

New Orleans: Printed at the Crescent Office, 1852. 100pp. Toned with some foxing, light rubberstamp on title page. Upper blank corners of last two leaves renewed, couple of small holes in last leaf affecting about five letters. Good+ in modern boards. The new Constitution mandated that "the Legislature shall apportion..... More

Price: $750.00

[Confederate States Bond]:

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA ARE INDEBTED UNTO CURTIS WILHOIT OR ASSIGNS IN THE SUM OF FORTY EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS REDEEMABLE AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1866 WITH INTEREST FROM THE 27 DAY OF FEBRUARY 1863 INCLUSIVE AT EIGHT PER CENT PER ANNUM... THIS DEBT IS AUTHORIZED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE OF TREASURY NOTES AND TO PROVIDE A WAR TAX FOR THEIR REDEMPTION" APPROVED AUGUST 19 1861.

Richmond: [lithographed by] J.T. Paterson & Co., Columbia, S.C., Febry 28 1863. Confederate broadside bond, oblong 13-1/4" x 8-1/4." Elegantly printed, with a variety of fonts and styles, with an attractive decorative border and an engraving of a sailing vessel. Completed in manuscript. Bond No. 443. An extremely attractive illustration..... More

Price: $350.00

[Alabama Slave Hire]:

ACCOUNTING OF THE ESTATE OF LEVI H. SELTZER , WILCOX COUNTY, ALABAMA, BY ADMINISTRATORS J.S. AND MARY C. ABBOTT, FEBRUARY 16, 1859, INCLUDING AMOUNTS FOR HIRE OF NEGRO SLAVES.

Wilcox County, Alabama: 1859. Folio, 15-1/2" x 12-1/2", folded to 7-3/4" x 12-1/2". Completely in manuscript on blue paper with lined columns. A full accounting: credits on the left side of the ledger sheet, debits on the right. Docketed on verso: "Estate of Levi H. Seltzer, Dec'd, Acct. Current, Partial..... More

Price: $350.00

ARREST WARRANT FOR TRADING WITH SLAVE: "THE STATE OF ALABAMA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SS. TO ANY...

[Alabama] Spiars, Charles:

ARREST WARRANT FOR TRADING WITH SLAVE: "THE STATE OF ALABAMA, LAWRENCE COUNTY, SS. TO ANY SHERIFF OF THE STATE. AN INDICTMENT HAVING BEEN FOUND, AT THE SEPT TERM, 1859, OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, AGAINST CHARLES SPIARS FOR THE OFFENCE OF TRADING WITH SLAVE. YOU ARE THEREFORE COMMANDED FORTHWITH TO ARREST THE SAID DEFENDANT, AND COMMIT HIM TO JAIL, UNLESS HE GIVE BAIL TO ANSWER SUCH INDICTMENT, AND THAT YOU RETURN THIS WRIT ACCORDING TO LAW. DATED THIS 7 DAY OF JUNE 1860. D.J. GOODLETT, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. [On verso: "2267/ THE STATE VS. ALA: CAP. C. SPIARS. NOT FOUND SEPT. 20'/60 H.A. MCGHEE SHFF BY JOHN WADE HIS SPECIAL DEPTY."

Lawrence County, AL: 1859. 6-1/4" x 8". Partly printed document on lined paper, completed in ink manuscript. Docketed on verso. Minor wear, old folds. Signature of D.J. Goodlett. Light toning, minor wear. Very Good. We have been unable to locate information on the defendant in the usual places. A...... More

Price: $375.00

Fletcher, John:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, SEPTEMBER 13, 1860, AT UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, TO HAMILTON GIBSON OF NEWTOWN, VIRGINIA, REGARDING POSSIBLE SLAVE PURCHASE: "DEAR SIR, YOURS OF THE 11TH WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY AND IN REPLY WILL SAY THAT IT IS USELESS FOR ME TO COME UP, AS I AM NOT WILLING TO PAY $500 FOR SUSAN, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH ON BILL'S ACCOUNT TO PURCHASE HER; I SUPPOSED YOU CAN OBTAIN THAT PRICE FROM THE GENTLEMEN YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR LETTER AND THEREFORE CANNOT EXPECT YOU TO TAKE LESS FROM ME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I AM NOT WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE. YOURS RESPECTFULLY, JOHN FLETCHER."

Upperville, Virginia: 1860. 6-1/4" x 7-1/2". Completely in ink manuscript on white lined paper. Bottom blank edge torn across instead of trimmed. Old folds. Accompanied by small yellow envelope addressed to "Mr. Hamilton L. Gibson, Newtown, Frederick Co., Va." Three cent Franklin stamp at top right corner, rubberstamp postmark of..... More

Price: $350.00

[Confederate Bank Note]:

THE PRESIDENT & DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL PAY TWO DOLLARS TO BEARER ON DEMAND AT THEIR OFFICE IN CHARLESTON.

New York and Philadelphia: Bald, Adams & Co.; Bald, Cousland & Co., June 12, 1861. Elaborately engraved bank note, No. 928. Signed by Robert Wardlaw, engraving of John C. Calhounj and another. More

Price: $75.00

Lamar, L[ucius] Q[uintus] C[incinnatus]:

THE SLAVERY QUESTION. SPEECH OF HON. L.Q.C. LAMAR, OF MISS., IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 21, 1860.

[Washington: T. McGill, Print. 1860]. 8pp. Caption title as issued, disbound, Good+. Lamar catalogues the North's aggressions. Active in the Confederate Government and its Army, he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1888. More

Price: $45.00

THE FARMERS' REGISTER. VOL. I. NO. 1. Edmund Ruffin

Ruffin, Edmund:

THE FARMERS' REGISTER. VOL. I. NO. 1.

Richmond: Edmund Ruffin, Editor and Proprietor, June, 1833. 64pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Browned, else Very Good. This issue discusses matters dear to Ruffin's heart, particularly agriculture and Negro Slavery in Virginia, its geography and resources. He provides detailed reporting and essays on the Virginia Assembly's debates on abolishing slavery; slaves'..... More

Price: $350.00

"CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING | AT A RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CLARK COUNTY MET...

[Missouri Democratic Committee]:

"CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING | AT A RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CLARK COUNTY MET AT WATERLOO ON THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE 1840. COL. ROBERT P. MITCHELL WAS CALLED TO THE CHAIR, AND JOHN W. LUKE APPOINTED SECRETARY WHEN THE FOLLOWING PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS WERE ACCEPTED. "WHEREAS MAJ. WM. MCDANIEL, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE FROM THIS DISTRICT, AND DOCT. ABRAHAM WAYLAND FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS COUNTY BEING BEFORE THE PEOPLE. ... RESOLVED THAT WE DO HIGHLY APPROVE OF THE ENLIGHTENED & PATRIOTIC ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN OUR PRESENT PRESIDENT..."

[Waterloo, MO]: June 8, 1840. Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County is located in farthest northeastern Missouri, along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, bordering Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east..... More

Price: $750.00

STATEMENT OF THE SUGAR CROP, MADE IN LOUISIANA, IN 1861-62, WITH AN APPENDIX. P. A. Champomier

Champomier, P.A.:

STATEMENT OF THE SUGAR CROP, MADE IN LOUISIANA, IN 1861-62, WITH AN APPENDIX.

New Orleans: Cook, Young & Co., 1862. x, [2 blanks], 46, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed yellow wrappers. Near Fine. This document lists each planter by Parish, and his output for the year. The Introduction is dated August 18, 1862, after the Federal invasion of New Orleans. Jumonville..... More

Price: $275.00

LOUISIANA PRODUCTS, RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS, WITH A SKETCH OF THE PARISHES. A HAND BOOK OF...

Harris, Wm. H.:

LOUISIANA PRODUCTS, RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS, WITH A SKETCH OF THE PARISHES. A HAND BOOK OF RELIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE STATE. PUBLISHED FOR THE STATE BY WM. H. HARRIS, STATE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND IMMIGRATION. SENT FREE ON RECEIPT OF 9 CENTS POSTAGE.

New Orleans: New Orleans Democrat Print, 1881. Original printed and illustrated stiff paper wrappers [some loosening]. [2], 248 pp plus frontis portrait of Governor Wiltz; attractive folding map, in color, noting available homesteads. Light dusting, stitched. Very Good. Slavery "fostered a system of large plantations worked by slaves, discouraged the..... More

Price: $450.00

["Negro Sam Lee"] Waite, Obed:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, 6 JANUARY 1829, TO COLONEL ROGER JONES OF WASHINGTON, D.C., THE BROTHER OF THOMAS AP CATESBY JONES, ABOUT MISSING SLAVE SAM LEE; AND AN UNRELATED LAW CASE ABOUT DIVISION OF THE "FAIRFIELD NEGROES, " IN WHICH COLONEL JONES AND WIFE HAVE AN INTEREST. "I HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT NEGRO SAM LEE LEFT THIS PLACE SOME TIME BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND HAS NOT RETURNED. IT SEEMS THAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE CITY TO SEE HIS MASTER MEANING AS I UNDERSTAND MR. THOMAS APP. C. JONES, SUPPOSED TO BE NOW AT THE CITY . I HAVE THOUGHT IT BEST TO WRITE TO YOU ON THE SUBJECT AS THERE MAY BE SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO COM. JONES BEING AT THE CITY: AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT IF SAM DID GO TO THE CITY HE PAID YOU A VISIT. IT IS SAID HE HIRED A HORSE OF A MAN HERE, WHO IS UNEASY ABOUT THE HORSE, FEARING SAM HAS GONE OFF NOT TO RETURN . . . I AM NOT CERTAINLY ADVISED, WHO SAM DOES BELONG TO: THE LAST HIRE I PAID FOR HIM, WAS PAID ON THE ORDER OF MR. JOHN MURPHEY, ACTING AS AGENT FOR MRS. ANN TURBERVILLE WHO CLAIMS HIM . I HAVE RECEIVED HIS HIRE FOR LAST YEAR (FORTY DOLLARS) . RESPECTFULLY YOURS, OBED WAITE. "P.S. IN PASSING OVER THE CHANCERY DOCKET THIS DAY IN THE COUNTY COURT, A SUIT WHICH HAS BEEN LONG ON THE DOCKET IN THE NAME OF YOURSELF AND WIFE, AGAINST THE OTHER HEIRS OF WILLIAM B. PAGE DECD WAS CALLED - THIS IS A SUIT FOR A DIVISION OF THE SLAVES BELONGING TO THAT ESTATE . . ."

Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia: 1829. Folio, 8-1/4" x 13-1/4". [3], [1] p. Completely in ink manuscript. Addressed on final page to "Col. Roger Jones | City of Washington" and light postal cancel dated Jan. 9 at Winchester; with manuscript docket note in a different hand: "On the subject of the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JAMES KEITH OF FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 29, 1769: "MR....

[Virginia Slave Hire] Bullitt, Cuthbert:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JAMES KEITH OF FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 29, 1769: "MR. BROWN SENDS UP THE BEARER FOR HIS NEGROES, AND THE BALLANCE DUE HIM, FOR THEIR WAGES, HE ALSO TELLS ME, THAT YOU EXPECTED HE WOULD ABATE SOMETHING IN THE SUM, AS YOU WERE IMPOSED ON IN THE CHARACTERS OF THE SLAVES, IF THAT BE TRUE I KNOW NOT WHO WAS THE PERSON, THAT GAVE YOU THEIR CHARACTERS. I NEED NOT TELL YOU THAT I DID NOT, AS IT IS A FACT YOU MUST BE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH, PLEASE TO RECOLLECK, ALL THAT PASSED AT NEVILLES WAS, THAT I INFORMED YOU & SOME OTHERS, THAT I HAD THREE LIKELY FELLOWS TO HIRE OUT THE INSUING YEAR, AT ELEVEN POUNDS EACH, & THEIR CLOATHS, YOUR ANSWER WAS, THAT IT WAS TOO MUCH, & SO THE CONVERSATION ENDED. SOON AFTER YOU SENT DOWN YOUR OVERSEER FOR THEM, TO HIM I TOLD THEIR QUALITIES, & THAT THEIR RUNNING AWAY WAS A PRINCIPAL MOTIVE WITH THEIR MISTRESS FOR HIRING THEM OUT, I EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO TELL HIM, THAT UNLESS HE TOOK GOOD CARE, THEY WOULD LEAVE HIM ON HIS WAY UP ON THE WHOLE, THAT THE NEGROES MAY NOT BE SO GOOD AS YOU EXPECTED MAY BE TRUE, BUT THAT YOU HAD ANY FARTHER CHARACTER OF THEM FROM ME, THAN THAT THEY WERE LIKELY YOUNG FELLOWS MUST BE A MISTAKE. I AM SIR YR MOST OBT. HUMBLE SERVT./ CUTH BULLETT. DECR 29TH 1769."

Frederick County, VA: 1769. Single sheet folded to 6" x 7-3/4". [2], [1 blank] [1-docketed] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, some staining which does not obscure text. Small hole through last page from wax seal [no text loss]. Addressed to Keith in Frederick County, and docketed ["Bullitt's Letter..... More

Price: $600.00

SLAVE BILL OF SALE: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT JAMES FOUSHEE OF THE COUNTY OF...

Virginia Slave Sale:

SLAVE BILL OF SALE: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT JAMES FOUSHEE OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND FOR & IN CONSIDERATION OF FIFTY POUNDS CONT MONEY TO ME IN HAND PAID HAVE BARGAINED SOLD & DELIVERED TO HENRY SISSON ONE NEGRO BOY CALLED WILLOBE WHICH SD NEGRO I DO WARRANT & FOREVER DEFEND FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHAT SO EVER AS WITNESS MY HAND & SEAL THIS 23D OCTOBER 1760. [signed] JAMES FOUSHEE/ WITNESS WM . CARR LANE, SAMUEL DUNN.

Northumberland, VA: 1760. Manuscript bill of sale, 7-1/2" x 3 7/8". Prepared completely in ink manuscript. Docketed on verso, "At a Court Held for Richmond County the 7th Day of June 1762. This Bill of Sale from James Foushee to Henry Sisson was proved by the oath of William Carr..... More

Price: $600.00

[Confederate Army]:

ARMY REGULATIONS ADOPTED FOR THE USE OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LATE ACTS OF CONGRESS. REVISED FROM THE ARMY REGULATIONS OF THE OLD UNITED STATES ARMY, 1857; RETAINING ALL THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR OFFICERS OF THE LINE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. ALSO, ARTICLES OF WAR, FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

Richmond, Va. West & Johnston, Publishers, 1861. 198, [2- Index] pp. Title page with rubberstamp and light soil, verso with ink accession number. Text lightly to moderately spotted. Bound in later buckram, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gum label at spine base. Good+. This foundation Confederate imprint also issued from several..... More

Price: $500.00

[Secession] [L., E.H.]:

SECESSION- A PLOT WITHIN A PLOT. NO NORTHERN DEMOCRAT ADMITTED INTO THE INSIDE PLOT.

[Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gazette, Feb. 25, 1863]. Broadside, 17-1/2" x 6". Tide mark along inner margin, closed tears expertly repaired [no text affected]. Else Very Good. This rare broadside is an incisive analysis of the political dynamics of Secession in the South. The author, identified only by his initials "E.H.L." at..... More

Price: $3,000.00

PLAN OF THE WESTERN SEAT OF WAR. Confederate Imprint, Map

[Confederate Imprint] Map:

PLAN OF THE WESTERN SEAT OF WAR.

[New Orleans]: Published by H.P. Lathrop; Jules Manouvrier, Lithographer, [1861 or 1862]. Oblong 24" x 18-3/4". Map lithographed by Jules Manouvrier. A few shallow chips to blank extremities; a couple of closed tears to blank margins expertly repaired. Very Good. The map shows Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of North Carolina..... More

Price: $3,000.00

COTEJO DE LA CONDUCTA DE S.M. CON LA DE EL REY BRITANICO...HIS CATHOLICK MAJESTY'S CONDUCT...

Spain:

COTEJO DE LA CONDUCTA DE S.M. CON LA DE EL REY BRITANICO...HIS CATHOLICK MAJESTY'S CONDUCT COMPARED WITH THAT OF HIS BRITANNICK MAJESTY, AS WELL WITH REGARD, TO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE CONVENTION OF THE 14TH OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR 1739, AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE; UNTILL THE PUBLICATION OF REPRISALS AND DECLARATION OF WAR. PRINTED BY AUTHORITY AT MADRID BY ANTONIO MARIN.

London: Printed for T. Cooper... [1739]. 63, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern vellum. Early leaves dusted, minor scattered foxing. Else Very Good. "In Spanish and English, and relates principally to affairs in America" [Sabin], with particular emphasis on Florida. The book charges that the King of England authorized..... More

Price: $1,250.00

REVIEW OF THE SLAVE QUESTION, EXTRACTED FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, DEC. 1832; BASED ON...

[Nat Turner Insurrection] [Harrison, Jesse Burton]:

REVIEW OF THE SLAVE QUESTION, EXTRACTED FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, DEC. 1832; BASED ON THE SPEECH OF TH. MARSHALL, OF FAUQUIER: SHOWING THAT SLAVERY IS THE ESSENTIAL HINDRANCE TO THE PROSPERITY OF THE SLAVE-HOLDING STATES; WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO VIRGINIA. THOUGH APPLICABLE TO OTHER STATES WHERE SLAVERY EXISTS. BY A VIRGINIAN.

Richmond: Printed by T.W. White, 1833. 48pp. Disbound, early and late gatherings foxed, browned. Good+. In a modern folding case. Nat Turner's slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, brought to reality the South's worst nightmare. The incident sparked the only concerted effort by a Slave State to abolish slavery..... More

Price: $1,500.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, BY CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER GENERAL PAYNE, TO BAPTIST CLERGYMAN JOHN...

Payne, William H.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, BY CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER GENERAL PAYNE, TO BAPTIST CLERGYMAN JOHN WILLIAM JONES, A CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN DURING THE WAR, THANKING JONES FOR HIS RECENT DEFENSE OF JEFFERSON'S DAVIS'S WARTIME LEADERSHIP AND REFLECTING ON THE WAR.

Warrenton, VA: July 26, 1885. Ink manuscript on lined paper. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, printed on rectos only. A couple of ink smudges, one expertly repaired closed tear [no loss]. Very Good. "My dear Dr. I have just read your letter anent the Hampton Roads conference, & cannot..... More

Price: $875.00

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